Northeastern University: Student Group Cancels Event with Israeli Historian After Administration Required an Attendance List

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Northeastern University: Student Group Cancels Event with Israeli Historian After Administration Required an Attendance List

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On March 26, 2025, Northeastern University’s Jewish Law �鶹��ýIOS Advocating for Justice canceled a scheduled speaking event with Israeli historian Raz Segal, one day before the event would have taken place. The speech was set to cover the ongoing Israel/Hamas war and its impact on genocide studies. Despite going through the proper channels for event hosting, administrators told JLAJ a few days before the event it needed to provide a guest list to the university police department. Segal told the group he wouldn’t speak under these conditions, prompting the cancellation. �鶹��ýIOS wrote Northeastern on April 25 outlining why anonymous event attendance is core political expression.